FRANÇOIS

BOUCHER (1703–1770)
Seated Nude. Red, black, and white chalk on tan paper. 37.1 x 23.5 cm.
PUBLISHER’S NOTE

The depiction of the human nude has traditionally been a requisite subject in the
study of art. Although timeless, this theme still poses some difficult challenges
to an artist. First and foremost, an artistic representation of the naked body
necessitates a comprehensive knowledge of anatomy and proportion. In addition,
an artist must also possess the technical abilities to convey mass and form
through line.
This collection of 45 drawings pays homage to the beauty and infinite variety
of the human figure. The magnificent works included in this book encompass
different artistic styles, techniques, and eras, from the Early Renaissance to the
beginning of the twentieth century. These varied approaches to the nude,
executed in such media as charcoal, chalk, and ink, reveal differences in
attitudes toward the nude figure. Through the delicate nuances of line, tone, and
shading, these drawings convey fluidity of movement and extraordinary skill,
inspiration, and technique.
Copyright Copyright © 2003 by Dover Publications, Inc.
All rights reserved.

Bibliographical Note Great Drawings of Nudes: 45 Works is a new work, first
published by Dover Publications, Inc., in 2003.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Great drawings of nudes :
45 works / edited by Carol Belanger Grafton.
p. cm.—(Dover art library)

9780486147154
1. Figure drawing—Europe. 2. Nude in art. I. Grafton, Carol Belanger. II. Series.
NC765.G74 2003
743.4—dc21

2003043970

Manufactured in the United States of America
Dover Publications, Inc., 31 East 2nd Street, Mineola, N.Y. 11501
Table of Contents

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 1 / PISANELLO (1395–1455)
Studies of the Nude and an Annunciation. Pen and ink on parchment. 22.3 x 16.7
cm.
 2 / ANDREA MANTEGNA (1431–1506)
Mars, Venus(?) and Diana. Pen, brown ink and brown watercolor with touches
of white and color. 36.4 x 31.7 cm.
 3 / LUCA SIGNORELLI (1450–1523)
Hercules and Antaeus. Gray chalk. 28.3 x 16.3 cm.

4 / LEONARDO DA VINCI (1452–1519)

Leda and the Swan. Pen and brown ink and brown wash over black chalk. 16 x
13.9 cm.
5 / ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471–1528)
Female Nude, Seen from the Back, Holding a Staff and a Drapery. Brush and
India ink. 32 x 21 cm.

6 / JAN GOSSAERT VAN MABUSE (ca. 1478–1533/36)

 Adam and Eve. Black chalk. 62.8 x 47.7 cm.

7 / MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI (1475–1564)

Studies for the Libyan Sibyl. Red chalk. 29 x 21.3 cm.
 8 / RAPHAEL (1483–1520)
Leda and the Swan. Pen and ink over blind-stylus sketch. 30.8 x 19.2 cm.

9 / PORDENONE (1484–1539)
Figure of Time. Pen and brown ink and brown wash on faded blue paper,
heightened with white. 27.5 x 42 cm.
 10 / SEBASTIANO DEL PIOMBO (ca. 1485–1547)
Nude Woman Standing. Black chalk heightened with white on azure paper. 35.3
x 18.9 cm.
 11 / AGNOLO BRONZINO (1503–1572)
Copy after Bandinelli’s Cleopatra. Black chalk on white paper. 38.5 x 21.5 cm.
12 / JOST AMMAN (1539–1591)
 Standing Male Nude. Pen and ink. 26 x 17.5 cm.

13 / TINTORETTO (1518–1594)
Nude Woman Reclining. Black chalk heightened with white on blue paper. 21 x
30.5 cm.
14 / AGOSTINO CARRACCI (1557–1602)
Anchises and Venus. Pen and brown ink over sanguine. 37 x 25.5 cm.
 15 / EL GRECO (1541–1614)
A study from Day by Michelangelo. Black and white chalks with watercolor on
azure paper. 59.8 x 34.6 cm.
 16 / HENDRIK GOLTZIUS (1558–1617)
Daphne. Pen and brown ink over sanguine and black chalk. 23.9 x 12.3 cm.

17 / JACOB DE GHEYN II (1565–1629)

Studies of Four Women at Their Toilet. Pen and ink, some black chalk, on gray
paper. 25.7 x 33.4 cm.
 18 / SIMON VOUET (1590–1649)
Nude Woman Playing a Lute. Black chalk, heightened with white, on gray paper.
28 x 23 cm.
 19 / PETER PAUL RUBENS (1577–1640)
Study for a St. Mary Magdalen. Black chalk heightened with white. 33.2 x 24.2
cm.
 20 / ANTHONY VAN DYCK (1599–1641)
A Seated Man Leaning Backwards. Black chalk, with white chalk highlights
across the shoulders. 23.5 x 27.4 cm.
 21 / REMBRANDT VAN RIJN (1606–1669)
Seated Nude Woman. Pen and brush, bistre, black chalk and charcoal. 28.8 x
 19.1 cm.

22 / ANTOINE COYPEL (1661–1722)

 A Study of a Seated Male Nude. Black and white chalks on blue paper. 33.7 x
23.1 cm.

23 / JEAN ANTOINE WATTEAU (1684–1721)

Nude Woman on a Divan. Red and black chalk on a very pale bluish-gray paper.
22.5 x 25.4 cm.
 24 / WILLIAM HOGARTH (1697–1764)
Seated Nude Female Academy Figure. Black and white chalk. 33 x 21.5 cm.
 25 / CHARLES-JOSEPH NATOIRE (1700–1777)
Femme nue assise. Red and white chalks on tan laid paper. 49.5 x 35.5 cm.

26 / PIERRE-PAUL PRUD’HON (1758–1823)

The Fountainhead. Black and white chalk. 54 x 39.1 cm.

27 / JOSHUA REYNOLDS (1723–1792)

Pencil. 40.5 x 28.5 cm.
 28 / JOHN CONSTABLE (1776–1837)
Male Nude. Pencil. 52.5 x 31.2 cm.

29 / JEAN-AUGUSTE-DOMINIQUE INGRES (1780–1867)

 29 / JEAN-AUGUSTE-DOMINIQUE INGRES (1780–1867)
Two Nudes, Study for The Golden Age. Pencil on white paper faded to ivory,
outlined with a stylus. 39 x 28.1 cm.

30 / JEAN BAPTISTE CAMILLE COROT (1796–1875)

Nude Figure Standing with Arms Crossed Above Her Breasts. Pencil on white
 paper. 47 x 24 cm.

31 / EUGÈNE DELACROIX (1798–1863)

Girls Wrestling. Pencil. 22 x 27 cm.
32 / WILLIAM FROST (1810–1877)
Black and white chalk. 46 x 34 cm.
 33 / ÉDOUARD MANET (1832–1883)
Seated Nude Woman. Sanguine on ivory paper. 28 x 20 cm.
34 / PAUL CÉZANNE (1839–1906)
Life Drawing. 61 x 47 cm.
 35 / EDGAR DEGAS (1834–1917)
Standing Nude Leaning Towards the Left. Black chalk. 35.5 x 26.5 cm.
 36 / AUGUSTE RODIN (1840–1917)
Aphrodite and Adonis. Pen and watercolor. 21 x 29 cm.

37 / PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841–1919)

 37 / PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841–1919)
Three Bathers by the Water. Sanguine and chalk. 108 x 162 cm.

38 / ARISTIDE MAILLOL (1861–1944)

Two Female Nudes (sometimes called The Two Wrestlers). Black and white
chalk on gray paper. 122 x 95 cm.
 39 / PAUL GAUGUIN (1848–1903)
Breton Bather. Black crayon and pastel, squared for enlargement. 57.2 x 34.5
cm.
40 / HENRI MATISSE (1869–1954)
Charcoal. 61 x 40.5 cm.
 Charcoal. 61 x 40.5 cm.

41 / JOHN SLOAN (1871–1951)

Model Asleep. Soft pencil on paper. 17.2 x 24.2 cm.
 42 / ANDRÉ DERAIN (1880–1954)
Seated Nude. Red crayon on buff paper. 61.8 x 46.1 cm.
 43 / AMEDEO MODIGLIANI (1884–1920)
Caryatid. Watercolor over pen and ink, pastel crayons on paper tinted mauve.
28.6 x 24.2 cm.
44 / JULES PASCIN (1885–1930)
Pen and charcoal. 40 x 30.5 cm.